UPDATED: Birdsboro residents evacuated for police incident

(UPDATED 10:08 a.m.) BIRDSBORO — A 46-year-old man was taken to Reading Hospital for a mental health evaluation after police were called to his house near Eighth and Union streets Monday night.

Borough police evacuated some of the residents near the house, police said. Local officers and the Berks County Emergency Response Team occupied areas around the home until 10:30 p.m., according to police.

The incident began when a female relative from Texas called police around 6:15 p.m., police said. She told them that the man in the house may have been drinking and mentioned he was thinking about hurting himself as well as his female companion.

Police said the combination of weapons and alcohol can be dangerous.

According to Police Chief Theodore Roth, the man in the home did not answer his cell phone and they did not see movement in the house for some time.

When police saw the female companion moving in the house, they contacted her and she came out followed closely by the man, police said.

The man was taken to Reading Hospital for an evaluation but Roth said he did not know if the man was admitted.

Roth said no one was under arrest.

EARLIER VERSION OF STORYBIRDSBORO — Some residents in the area of Eighth and Union streets were evacuated Monday night after a woman called police worried about her brother.

According to a report on WFMZ-TV, the woman told police her brother was intoxicated, had weapons and was making threats.

Police responded to the area, closed the roads and told some residents to stay in their homes while evacuating others, according to WFMZ’s report.

Police contacted the brother and a woman in the home who were unaware the police were in the neighborhood and the brother agreed to be evaluated, according to WFMZ.